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"and into the forest i go, to lose my mind and find my soul."

genre: young adult, literary fiction, paranormal status: drafting characters | playlist | pinterest

whitmore academy was a splendor of wonder and unease. katie phan had grown comfortable in this maze, as long as her best friend, vivi nakamura, was beside her. thanks to vivi's friendship with the spontaneous sofia taylor, they joined her ghost-hunting club alongside four other eager students. although it did not last long, the friendship stayed, and katie wished for time to stop.

but seasons change without warning and katie finds herself unable to understand why time marches forward in such aggressive rhythms. was it vivi's new boyfriend? was it the stress of senior year? or was sofia's friendship with vivi getting in her way?

tragedy strikes when sofia unexpectedly passes away. when katie finds herself haunted by her ghost, she is forced to confront her complicated emotions, relationships, and reality. only it all becomes difficult when she herself can't decipher what is real, what to believe, or who to listen to.

or;

"i am out with lanterns looking for myself."

cracks begin to show following the death of a close friend, as six ghost-hunting students navigate grief, love, and jealousy in their own twisted ways.

aka. my wip featuring an obsessive wlw couple, broken found family, boarding school setting, and messy relationships. (detailed character deep-dives coming later!)

katie phan - she doesn't see herself as an artist but aspires to go to art school. however, her family doesn't agree with that career path. she believes that her weakest trait is her cowardice, being rather passive as a person.

evie 'vivi' nakamura - it's easy for her to become so engrossed in something and often loses herself in whatever she is focused on. headstrong and fearless, somewhat reckless.

sofia taylor - spontaneous and full of strange ideas. things always seem to go her way, and even if they don't, it hardly seems like she cares.

andrew 'drew' liang - humorous, witty, and kind. his flaw is his inferiority complex when with his friends. yet he seems to be the only one who thinks they should all get therapy.

rachael lopez - the logical voice of the group. reasonable, patient, and the glue. in secret, she has lots of farfetched daydreams that she’s much too embarrassed to admit.

charlie davis - wants to be the winner of the idgaf war but it's not working, because he is a master of running away from his problems. they always come back to bite him.